ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Kaki King - Guitarist
Kaki King combines jaw-dropping guitar work with dreamy, searching songwriting.

Why you should listen

Kaki King's percussive technique (guitar geeks compare it to Preston Reed's; everyone else compares it to Eddie Van Halen's) drives her songs forward, while layers of overdubs and her own soft vocals create a shimmering cloud of sound.

King's work on the soundtrack for 2007's Into the Wild was nominated for a Golden Globe, along with contributors Michael Brook and Eddie Vedder. Her groundbreaking multimedia work The Neck Is a Bridge to the Body uses projection mapping to present the guitar as an ontological tabula rasa in a creation myth unlike any other.

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Kaki King | Speaker | TED.com
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Kaki King: A musical escape into a world of light and color

کاکی کینگ: چونە ناو جیھانی رووناکی و رەنگەکان بەھۆی مۆسیقاوە

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کاکی کینگ ژانرایەکە بۆخۆیی، لەوانەیە خواوەندی راستەقینەی گیتار بێت. کینگ ژەنینی کلاسیکی گیتار تێکەڵ بە تەکنەلۆژیا دەکات لە ژێر ناونیشانی ''مل پردی گەیشتن بە جەستەیە''. ئەو ملی گیتارەکەی وەک تەختەکلیل بەکاردەھێنێت و گوێگرانی بەرەو جیھانی روناکی و دەنگ دەبات. ئەم خاتوونە ئەم مۆسیقایە ناو ''گیتار وەک فڵچەی رەنگ کردن'' دەبات.
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00:16
(Guitar music starts)
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4257
3000
(مۆسیقایی گیتار دەست پێ دەکات)
03:53
(Music ends)
1
221894
3000
(کۆتایی مۆسیقا)
03:56
(Applause)
2
224929
3000
(چەپڵە)
04:03
(Distorted guitar music starts)
3
231708
3000
(شێوازێکی جیاوازی ژەنینی گیتار)
07:45
(Music ends)
4
453797
3000
(کۆتایی مۆسیقا)
07:49
(Applause)
5
457220
3000
(چەپڵە)
07:56
(Ambient/guitar music starts)
6
464660
3300
(مۆسیقایی روحی گیتار پێشکەش دەکرێت)
11:09
(Music ends)
7
657916
3001
(کۆتایی مۆسیقا)
11:12
(Applause)
8
660941
5000
(چەپڵە)
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Reviewed by Koya University

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Kaki King - Guitarist
Kaki King combines jaw-dropping guitar work with dreamy, searching songwriting.

Why you should listen

Kaki King's percussive technique (guitar geeks compare it to Preston Reed's; everyone else compares it to Eddie Van Halen's) drives her songs forward, while layers of overdubs and her own soft vocals create a shimmering cloud of sound.

King's work on the soundtrack for 2007's Into the Wild was nominated for a Golden Globe, along with contributors Michael Brook and Eddie Vedder. Her groundbreaking multimedia work The Neck Is a Bridge to the Body uses projection mapping to present the guitar as an ontological tabula rasa in a creation myth unlike any other.

More profile about the speaker
Kaki King | Speaker | TED.com